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I secretly love that noise. I make it back to my little guy when he does it. Of course, his disapproval mode is so high that he also grunts when happily *eating* his treats... Cinnamon's disapproval amp is at 11! That's one higher than the usual 10!!

It's so funny to see Cinnamon being cranky. I love those bunny grunts. Sometimes my LillieBun does the same thing when I try to move her furniture. Of course, sometimes those bunny grunts are telling us we might need to back off a little--like when Matilda thinks I didn't get the food served up soon enough.

Our bunny Cleopatra grunts when she wants to be left alone, this is also follwed by the stomp of disapproval.I was explaining bunny personality to someone by saying that they are like long eared, vegetarian cats.Of course, the bunny would say that cats are short earred carnivore bunnies.

My rabbit Johnny, when older and milder than he had been in his younger days, loved to be petted, but greatly disapproved of the petting to stop. I often stopped briefly to watch his ears slowly rise, his eyes half open and then he'd start growling until I continued petting. It's more growling than grunting to me and very different from the soft "uf uf uf" sounds they make when communicating. Who said rabbits had no voice? Johnny hated moulting time, and I suspect it it just a very itchy business. He'd sit in the back of his large outdoor enclosure, back hunched and grinding his teeth. Not treat could please him and even dandelion leaves (his favourite food) were wacked out of my hands with his forepaws, accompanied by a very loud growl-grunt. Poor old boy.

Heh, our Ugmoe is super vocal & grunts like that too. Mostly when we poke him, but also to himself when he's wandering around the house. He also honks at us and stomps his feet when he wants us to get up in the morning. It's gotten so that the people grumble in bunny-language, now, too.